Tuesday, 22 January 2008

MP's attack the BBC for failing to show the breakdown of its annual costs.

The media, culture and sports select committees in H.O.C scrutinised the BBC's annual report for failing to show how much they pay their top employees. These include Terry Wogan, Chris Evans and Jonathan Ross.

They argued back saying it would "cause commercial prejudice to the BBC" and that it was a breach of the employees confidence but it was also unclear why issues of data protection only applied to actors and presenters and not the BBC's trustees and executive board.

The committees hope that in this year's annual report the BBC will rectify these problems so that there is a layer of transparency and accountablity from the broadcaster.

The Government drops plans for junk food ad ban.

The proposed legislation outlining a pre-9pm ban on junk food advertising has been droped by the government who see this as invaluable.

Firstly, there are the huge effects on the industry, costing as much as £211m in TV ad revenue and then Brown's other options; his new obesti strategies include advertising and creating awareness.

With evidence supporting a 25% rise in children watching TV after 9pm, especially on non terrestrial channels, the ban seems useless anyhow.

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